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Internal EPA Memo Offers Insight Into How Agency Will Handle Budget Cut

An internal memo between officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing a clearer picture of how the agency plans to handle a $2.6 billion cut in funding, which the Trump administration proposed last month.

April 4, 2017

EPA Science Board Sparks Debate With Final Review of 2015 Fracking Study

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) on Thursday released its final review of EPA’s landmark study published last year on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water resources.

August 12, 2016

EPA Science Panel Fine Tunes Concerns Over Fracking, Drinking Water Study

For the second time in less than six weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) has released a draft report that tweaks its landmark assessment last year that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses no “widespread, systemic impacts” to drinking water.

February 18, 2016

EPA Science Review Panel Questions Conclusion of Study on Fracking, Drinking Water

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) has taken issue with EPA’s conclusion in last year’s landmark report that found hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has had no “widespread, systemic impacts” to drinking water, opening the door for renewed public debate on the subject.

January 8, 2016